Effect of exercise on knee Osteoarthritis over 12 week programme (1.0)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The effect of exercise on knee Osteoarthritis over an extended 12 week versus standard 6 week programme - A prospective randomised controlled trial.
IRAS ID
145400
Contact name
Fares Haddad
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Osteoarthritis is an end stage of degenerative processes which involve the joints. National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE 2014) recommend exercise should be the core treatment for people with osteoarthritis irrespective of age, comorbidity, pain or disability.
Many physiotherapy departments offer multimodal classes for patients with knee osteoarthritis - and they have been found it to be safe and effective over a 6 week / 12 session programme for treatment of chronic knee pain. Classes combine a combination of circuit exercise regimens with patient education.
Physiotherapy aims to increase joint range of movement, muscle strength, flexibility, as well as restoring normal walking patterns. This improves quality of life and improves pain and function, and reduces and or delays the requirement for arthroplasty.
Some evidence suggests that 6 week programme is too short to achieve maximum benefit particularly if patients have to miss some sessions due to unavoidable factors such as illness. Typically patients attend three quarters of the 12 sessions.
Our Aim is to investigate whether those patients with established knee osteoarthritis achieve better functional outcome attending multimodal physiotherapy twice a week for 12 weeks compared to those attending the current 6 week programme.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
14/NS/1076
Date of REC Opinion
19 Nov 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion